Macrogenitosomia praecox

Classification according to ICD-10
E25.-	Adrenogenital disorders - macrogenitosomia praecox in males
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The Macrogenitosomia praecox (or Makrogenitosomia praecox), of Greco μακρός macros , large ' Latin Organum genital , reproductive organ', Greek σῶμα Soma , body 'and Latin praecox , prematurely', is - now - uncommon name for a congenital adrenal hyperplasia with premature sexual development ( precocious puberty ) in males due to a hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex .

Often, tumors of the pituitary gland or the hypothalamus , the adrenal cortex or testicular tumors are the cause.

The female pseudo-hermaphroditism is to be distinguished .

Individual evidence

^ Willibald Pschyrembel : Clinical Dictionary , 266th, updated edition, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033997-0
^ AU Ramon Guerra, A. Navarro, Z. Tabares, A. Schiaffino, M. Lombarero, E. Pollak, R. Barsunian De Garcia Fontes, O. Grosso: [Isosexual precocity (macrogenitosomia praecox) in a 20-month-old boy caused by adrenocortical tumor (carcinoma)]. In: Archivos de pediatria del Uruguay. Volume 32, February 1961, pp. 115-118, PMID 13739364 .
↑ EC Allibone, CK Anderson, MW Arthurton: Macrogenitosomia praecox due to interstitial cell tumor of the testis of. In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Volume 44, Number 233, February 1969, pp. 84-87, PMID 5765993 , PMC 2020224 (free full text).
↑ Z. Garas, K. Komor, J. R0obert: [Female pseudohermaphroditism simulating macrogenitosomia praecox]. In: Endocrinology. Volume 49, Number 3, January 1966, pp. 158-162, PMID 5982476 .

[1] Willibald Pschyrembel : Clinical Dictionary , 266th, updated edition, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033997-0

[2] AU Ramon Guerra, A. Navarro, Z. Tabares, A. Schiaffino, M. Lombarero, E. Pollak, R. Barsunian De Garcia Fontes, O. Grosso: [Isosexual precocity (macrogenitosomia praecox) in a 20-month-old boy caused by adrenocortical tumor (carcinoma)]. In: Archivos de pediatria del Uruguay. Volume 32, February 1961, pp. 115-118, PMID 13739364 .

[3] EC Allibone, CK Anderson, MW Arthurton: Macrogenitosomia praecox due to interstitial cell tumor of the testis of. In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Volume 44, Number 233, February 1969, pp. 84-87, PMID 5765993 , PMC 2020224 (free full text).

[4] Z. Garas, K. Komor, J. R0obert: [Female pseudohermaphroditism simulating macrogenitosomia praecox]. In: Endocrinology. Volume 49, Number 3, January 1966, pp. 158-162, PMID 5982476 .